- Maker
- Wiley, Phebe Louisa
- Date made
- ca. 1800
- Origin
- Herkimer County, NY US
- Stitches
- Cross, Algerian Eyelet, Queen, Irish, Rice, Long-Arm, Back
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 242 Verse 531
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: each 26 letters, one with ampersand. Numbers 1-5. Simple cross bands, one saw tooth. At the bottom: baskets of fruit, two plants, pyramid and a section on each end of solid tapestry-stitches in conventional designs. Inner reversing arcaded strawberry border with a saw tooth outer border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Come / Lord and never from me go / This world's a darksome / Place I find no Pleasure here below / When thou dost veil thy Face There's no su / ch thing as Pleasure here My Jesus is my all / As thou dost shine or disappear My Pleasu / res rise and fall Come spread thy Saviour on / my Frame No sweetness is as sweet Till I / get up to sing thy name Where all thy Singers meet. *reproduction needlework chart available at www.ochs.org
- Length Without Frame
- 14"
- Width Without Frame
- 13"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1914.009 Gift to Society
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 242 Verse 531
- Owner
- Ontario County Historical Society, Canandaigua, NY
- Owner Private
- Ontario County Historical Society
